Unusual small US coins (counter???)

I came across these very tiny US coins in my stepfather's slotted coin book. They were with a bunch of smaller gold US coins. I can't seem to find any info on these. They have the word "counter" on all of them. Does that mean counterfeit?

 

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Looks like play money.
What else can it mean? They have to be counterfeit.

 

I could hazard a theory. Perhaps the "counter" means something to count with. Modern kindergarten and elementary teachers often use plastic toy money to teach children to count money.

 

They're play money. The 2 cent piece was made by Ernst Ludwig Siegmund Lauer and the dime and half dime probably were as well.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/mint.php?id=2893

https://www.tokencatalog.com/token_...478363&attribution_id=595864&record_offset=14


Here's my 5 Pfennig struck by Conrad Balmberger:

 

Correction, Ludwig Christoph Lauer.

 

Definitely play money. Nice to have though.

 

A lot of these type of "counter" token were used while playing card games like Whist.
Ludwig Christoph Lauer 1842-1873. 22mm, 3.59 grams

 

Copies of european type coins. Mostly 13 mm dia.
Spiel-Münze is tranlated to Play-Money